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Actor Tries to Trademark 'N' Word
(Wired News)
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The actor Damon Wayans has been engaged in a 14-month fight to trademark the term "N*gga" for a clothing line and retail store, a search of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office's online database reveals.Old news, in blog terms, but now, I have heard everything. How did I miss this one? This is right up there with dumb-ass Charles Barkley posing on the cover of Sports Illustrated in chains when that fat clown was trying to make some asinine point...about how dumb he is, presumably. I guess, in Wayans' way of thinking about trademarking n*gga, if someone's going to profit off of that ugly word, it might as well be someone from The Melanin Club. But I guess he didn't get the memo: The Man's been reaping profits on that word since the day he invented it...from picking cotton to dunking basketballs and spitting rhymes, it continues. The word is called exploitation. Is it any better just because the exploiter's face is brown? Wake up Damon Wayans. And, by the way, your name is -- THWACK! -- Toby! On the other hand, Wayans is a comedian, and this could all just be a big PR stunt/setup for some new movie or show he's working on. The idea is that dumb.
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